Outlook 2007 mismatched emails, desktop to laptop

[fatfreek]

On both desktop and laptop I've placed both data files, the Fatfreek.pst and
the
archive.pst files in folders that are common to each computer. I've
networked one to the other and all my data files are synchronized this
way -- with the exception of Outlook (2007) inbox email.

For example, on my desktop, I've now got a dozen emails setting inside my
inbox. I close
it, navigate to where I store the pst files, and copy them to my mapped
laptop network drive. (Actually, the archive.pst doesn't get copied since
it
hasn't been changed in a week or so so those files continue to match, the
desktop to the laptop).

I note that the date and timestamps of LenMiller.pst now match. I then open
Outlook on my laptop, assuming the contents to be identical.

Surprisingly, there are no emails present in that inbox.

Both sets of contacts appear to match. The calendar matches, as well.

What happened to the emails?

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

Are you 100% sure you are opening the newly copied pst and not an old copy
of it? Looking at the created/modified dates don't mean much because outlook
updates them each time it opens the pst. If the messages are in the pst and
you opened it on the other computer, you'd see them.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]



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[Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook]]

For example, on my desktop, I've now got a dozen emails setting inside my
inbox. I close
it, navigate to where I store the pst files, and copy them to my mapped
laptop network drive. (Actually, the archive.pst doesn't get copied since
it
hasn't been changed in a week or so so those files continue to match, the
desktop to the laptop).

I note that the date and timestamps of LenMiller.pst now match. I then open
Outlook on my laptop, assuming the contents to be identical.

Surprisingly, there are no emails present in that inbox.

I hope you're not overwriting one PST with another of the same name. That's a
sure-fire way to corrupt your mail profile.

 

[DL]

And MS doesnt support the use of pst files over a network (corruption
issues)

 

[fatfreek]

Are you 100% sure you are opening the newly copied pst and not an old copy
of it? Looking at the created/modified dates don't mean much because
outlook updates them each time it opens the pst. If the messages are in
the pst and you opened it on the other computer, you'd see them.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]



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mailto:[email protected]

EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange:
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Hi Diane,

Thanks for forcing me to take a hard look at my files. And I can't hardly
believe it. I just scanned my laptop's hard drive for *.pst files and find
4 instead of the 2 I thought I had. Outlook must have redundantly copied the
2 from my common path into its own path.

Knowing that I just closed my Desktop Outlook.

I then closed my Laptop Outlook.

I freshly copied from the desktop machine the 2 principal files, then (gasp)
deleted the ones on the Outlook path.

I then opened laptop's Outlook and voila -- Office proceeded to reinstall
Outlook. Actually, that didn't take too long and it then announced that it
couldn't find the first file it remembered from prior install. I pasted that
along with my custom path into the filename field. It then announced it
couldn't find the archive file -- I pasted that as well.

Outlook then finished opening just fine and all looks well, even those
emails that I thought were missing.

While successful, this is not the kind of thing I would want to go through
each time. It's a small price, however, since I am on the road frequently
and must have my contacts and emails and email archive identical.

Len